The Color Wheel
All colors are made up of three primary colors Red, Yellow, and Blue. These colors can be mixed to produce secondary colors Orange, Violet, and Green. Secondary and primary colors mix to make tertiary colors, Yellow-green, Yellow-orange, Blue-green, Blue-violet, Red-violet, and Red-orange.
White mixed into a color makes tints, Black mixed into a color makes shades, Gray mixed into a color makes tones. Complementary colors are opposite in position on the color wheel and produce high contrast. Analogous colors are next to each other on the color wheel and produce little contrast.
Hue = Color
Value = the lights and darks of a color
Color Schemes:
Monochromatic
– one color and its values
Complementary – colors opposite on the color wheel
Analogous – 3 to 5 colors next to each other on the color wheel
Warm colors – all colors from red to yellow-green
Cool colors – all colors from green to red-violet
color wheel:
monochromatic:
complimentary
colors:
analogous color:
warm colors:
cool colors:
